#BED259#BED259

#BED259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.148 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BED259
RGB	rgb(190, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -23.60, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 61.19, 112.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0685 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.148 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0857, 57.7620, 18.1706)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BED259 #6D59D2

analogous

#D2A959 #BED259 #81D259

triadic

#BED259 #59BED2 #D259BE

tetradic

#BED259 #59D2A9 #6D59D2 #D25981

square

#BED259 #59D2A9 #6D59D2 #D25981

split-complementary

#BED259 #5981D2 #A959D2

monochromatic

#7A8B26 #A5BB33 #BED259 #D1DF89 #E4ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BED259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#BED259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BED259

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BED259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BED259	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bed259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.148 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4df8c',
    500: '#bed259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bed259;
$custom-light: #d4df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bed259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.917,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82466,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BED259

secondary

#4C3E91

accent

#47E161

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BED259

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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